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PLOW.

No. 535,701. Patented Mar. 12,- 1895.

Wa'iizeaaeo; .72 06722 HENRY F. JESSUP, OF- NIXA, MISSOURI.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,701, dated March12, 1895.

Application filed September 4, 1894. Serial No. 522,057. (No model.)

To otZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. JESSUP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nixa, in the county of Christian and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain .new and useful Improvements in Flows; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in plows.

The invention will first be described in connection with theaccompanying drawings and then particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawingsFigure l is a side elevalion of a plow embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the rear fastening device for thetongue. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the front fastening device.

Referring to the drawings, A is a plow-beam preferably made integralwiththe stock a in the usual manner, the latter carrying the mold board orshovel B. To the beam, A, are secured a pair of handles, 0, braced byrods 0 and connected by a cross piece 0'.

The front end of the beam, A, is arranged for attachment of thedoubletrees D in any suitable manner. To the beam, A, is also attached acolter E which curves forward and is provided with a sharp point e whichcuts the sod in advance of the mold board. The colter E is capable ofadjustment on the plow beam A by means of a clamp device F consisting oftwo flat strips f of metal held together by bolts f, the strips beingarranged one on each side of the beam and the top end of the colterinserted between the beam and one of said strips. To the beam isattached a tongue, G, by two fastening devices the rear one H,consisting of a curved strip h of metal, this strip being attached toone side of the tongue by suitable bolts h. The strip his secured to theplow beam by a-bolt b which passes through the end of the strip h andthrough a hole in the plow.beam.

The front fastening device I consists of a straight stript' secured tothe tongue on the same side to which the strip h is attached, by meansof bolts i. The strip t is fastened to the plow beam near its front endby a bolt,

7?, which passes through the end of the strip,

a, and through the plow beam.

It is to be observed that the strip i is provided with a series ofholes, as shown at t in order to permit the adjustment in a verticalplane of the tongue, with relation to the plow beam. By this means theplow can be made to run shallow or deep as desired. Furthermore,attention is called to the fact that the strips h and t are attached tothe right hand side of the tongue in a right hand plow, and

to the left hand side of the tongue, in a left hand plow, and aresecured to the same side of the plow beam. In other words, the strips 6h and 't' are on the same side of the tongue and the beamas the moldboard. In this way the line of draft is kept somewhat further away fromthe mold board than the point of attachment of the tongue, whereby, incase the mold board strikes a root or stone, the leverage of the tongueis better applied to keep the plow from jumping sidewise than if thetongue attachments were in a directline of the draft. 7 5

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a walking plow, the combination, with a plow beam, of a tongue, astrip of metal provided with a series of holes, a bolt passing throughone of the holes and secured in the tongue, a bolt passing through thelower end of the strip of metal and through the plow beam, and a curvedstrip of metal secured to 8 5 the rear end of the tongue and to the plowbeam, said strip of metal being secured to that side of the beam andtongue on which the mold board is located, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. 0

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. JESSUP.

Witnesses:

L. J. HERNDON, E. P. EDWARDS.

